Introducing the Shift Card: Use Bitcoin where Visa is accepted

Re:Introducing the Shift Card: Use Bitcoin where Visa is acc... by Symbiote on Friday November 20, 2015 @03:09PM (#10603508)

Since emigrating this summer, I've transferred about £25k ($40k) using TransferWise and been very pleased with the way the service works. I paid far less in fees than any other service I could find a quote for. I was concerned that being in a small European country with its own currency would mean payments took longer, but this wasn't the case.

They're based in the UK, and properly regulated by both the UK and US.

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Re:Introducing the Shift Card: Use Bitcoin where Visa is acc... by aianus on Friday November 20, 2015 @11:01PM (#10605519)

Seems to cost ~1% which is better than banks but still $400(!) on $40k. I use Bitcoin to transfer money from USD to THB and get better than spot if I time it right.

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